Whether death comes from cancer or tsunami, grief is a language everyone speaks.
03092 – A Language Everyone Speaks
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02929 – Worldview
A worldview is a wave, but not the entire ocean. from Holy Envy
02707 – God Who Suffers
Christianity is the only world religion that confesses a God who suffers. It is not that popular an idea, even among Christians. We prefer a God who prevents suffering, only that is not the God we have got. What the Cross teaches us is that God's power is not the...
02454 – Sailboat vs. Train
I think we'd like life to be a train...but it turns out to be a sailboat.
02381 – Can I Choose My Neighbors?
If I could make my neighbors up, I could love them in a minute. I could make them in my own image, looking back at me with deep gratitude for how authentically human I am being to them—and they to me!—reading poetry to each other, admiring pictures of each other’s...
02371 – Being Ordained
... being ordained is not about serving God perfectly but about serving God visibly, allowing other people to learn whatever they can from watching you rise and fall.
02001 – Notice the Holiness Around You!
Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.
01996 – Humans Behaving Badly
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
01864 – Hunting for Villains?
Once I gave up hunting for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices... Needless to say, this is far less satisfying than nailing villains. It also turned out to be more healing in the end.
01680 – Life Springs from Death
The central truth of the Christian gospel: life springs from death, not only at the last but also in the many little deaths along the way. When everything you count on for protection has failed, the Divine Presence does not fail. The hands are still there -- not...